“Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows.” Proverbs 13:11 
Went for a long walk on a rare sunny day and I decided to take some pictures of the beautiful fall colours but ended up on a mushroom “hunt.” 
I was amazed at the variety of mushrooms we came across just from an hour’s walk through a residential neighbourhood. 
I gained more appreciation for the cliché, “spring up like mushrooms”, during this search for fungi. These same fungi weren’t there a few days earlier when we had walked through.
There are many parallel truths that can be drawn from the lowly mushroom and the lessons found in Proverbs 13:11.
The product of instant growth rarely last
Longevity comes with hard work
Oak trees outlive mushrooms
Went for a long walk on a rare sunny day and I decided to take some pictures of the beautiful fall colours but ended up on a mushroom “hunt.” I was amazed at the variety of mushrooms we came across just from an hour’s walk through a residential neighbourhood. I gained more appreciation for the cliché, “spring up like mushrooms”, during this search for fungi. These same fungi weren’t there a few days earlier when we had walked through.There are many parallel truths that can be drawn from the lowly mushroom and the lessons found in Proverbs 13:11.The product of instant growth rarely last
Longevity comes with hard work
Oak trees outlive mushrooms
James A. Garfield, prior to serving as President of the United States, was president of Hiram College in Ohio. One day a father asked Garfield if there were a short-cut whereby his son could get through college in less than the usual four years. He wanted his Son to get on with making money. The college president gave this reply, “Of course there is a way; it all depends on what you want your boy to do. When God wants to grow an oak tree, he takes 100 years. When he wants to make a squash, he only takes two months.”I wonder how long it takes to grow a mushroom; two days?
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